Spring-wheel.



` H. E. sTRoUD.

SPRING WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED nu a, 1909.

' Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

' HARRISON E. s'rRoUD, 0F Los ANGELEs'CALIFoBNIA.

SPRING-WHEEL.

sn'ecicaaon of Leners Patent- Patentea Aug. 15, 191.1.

Application led May 3, 1909. Serial No. 493,745. 1

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A; fuitlier-olnect 1s t0 provide packing be tween theside Hanges and thewebbed disks `t0 exclude dust.A and Wateryonemf the side 'plates beingradjustable t0 secure an exaet vadjustment betv'veen the faces .0f thetwo li'de i141 tlzerpivotpins and-thereby pref. 1111 sp1-ingsfroin'buelglinfz under the.: 00111111. ssion 101111111111011 they arenot adapt- `1'01iti0n relate t0 details 0f 111e 0011s111'10ti011 as willappear in the following description. The accenipanying drawingsillustrate 1110. iuventinn 111111 referring thereto: Figure 1 is aside010111111011 01; the Wheel with part 0.1' 11 disk broken away and partot;- a side plate 111'011011 111111). Fig'. 2 is a section 0ny line.r2-.12 inl Fig. 1,. Fie'. 3 is a perspective 0f a pivot pin.

T110 ri 1n l. receives the tire 2 which' may l-10 0F 11111" preferredconstruction 0r which 1111.1 1-Y 110 0111111011 if desired. Se'eured t0111e 1-iu1 l by. rivets is an inner ring L which s11'0n11tl10ns 1110Irim 1 and also enablesthe 1111110111110111 0f springs t0 be described.-..\t1a1'-11011 t0 eaeh side 0f the inner ring 1L are didas 5 411111011are stamped to forni retiu 'preseut'the appearance 0f spokes. This1110111011 0f stiffeninpv the plates enables 11 1111111101- niaterial'.t0Y be employed than pair 11f1'010ss0s G' and affords ineansfor the-1111110111110111` 01a tire Chain` not shown. The 0101011; 0`n1111l0 thechain t0 be passed tberey111111111111 and 1110111111 arQund the rim 0fthe Wheels. `1110 0.170101 formingT a. giiide of'smal'l 111111110101' topositively hold the chain in pre- Y. eise 1.1110111011 and preven'titIfrom slippingin 0111101' 11110011011; Shouldered bolts -8 are 11rrangedbetween tliedisks 5 near their inner" rinis and 1101 t0 spaee the disksapart. The

0f the disks have fla-nges.) which limit eef` 0011tri0. movement 0f thehubwitb respect to the rim. p .1 10 designates the b nb, at one: end 0fwhich a. side plate 1 1 is arranged, beingr preferably east thereontogetlier with brake drum' 11'; The side plate 11 is annularly grnovedtore- -eeive a. packing-ring v12 4which bears against the lfatte 0f the.adjacent disk-5, Another,

the hub and is provided `with a similar packing ring l2. The side plate13 is formed' with radial webs 14 to sti'en it, and has a flangel. Theside plate 131s thus adjustable 0n the hub 10 toward and from theoppositeside -plate 11. s0 that the pressure of the packing rings 12against the disks may 11e-regulated to permit free movement ofthe sideplates with respect t0 the disks and `yet prevent the entra-nce 0f mudand 16 is a cap screwed ontheend of hub 10 ceases C1 t0 stiffen 1110plates. and at the'same 1 side plate 13 is sereived ontbe other end ofotherwise. 'A11 evelet 7 passes through each bolts 8 are riveted inplaee. V The inner edges V`

